Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression waiting time at Albany Hospital
The median wait for acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression at this public hospital in the Spencer Park area of Western Australia was 376 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 376 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 43 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 43 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 92 days in 2019–20 to 376 days in 2024–25 — up 309% — while the national median fell from 108 days to 92 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bunbury Hospital, about 276 km away, at 79 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Hospital | 376 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 3.0% | 537 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 92 days | 6.3% | 1418 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Albany Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Albany Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 73 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 83 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 75 | 98 |
| 2019–20 | 92 | 92 | 108 |
| 2020–21 | 121 | 94 | 141 |
| 2021–22 | 305 | 101 | 131 |
| 2022–23 | 372 | 112 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | 68 | 88 | 101 |
| 2024–25 | 376 | 90 | 92 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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